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Missouri lawmakers vote to keep lottery winners secret
(State News ~ 05/14/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The identity of Missouri Lottery winners could be kept secret under legislation sent to Gov. Mike Parson reversing the state’s current policy of publicizing winners. The bill, which received final approval Wednesday in the Senate, would make it a misdemeanor for the lottery or its contractors to publicize the identity of lottery winners, unless the winners ask for their names to be made known. The bill previously passed the House...
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Missouri passes bill to limit police use of chokeholds
(State News ~ 05/14/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s Legislature on Thursday passed a wide-ranging bill that would, among other things, limit when police may use chokeholds, in an effort to respond to the outcry over police violence. The Republican-led House voted 140-4 to send the bill to Gov. Mike Parson, a former sheriff...
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Missouri governor drops voter-approved Medicaid expansion
(State News ~ 05/14/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson dropped plans Thursday to expand the state’s Medicaid health care program to thousands of low-income adults after the Republican-led Legislature refused to provide funding for the voter-approved measure...
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Fire crews to 'flush' Jackson water system
(Local News ~ 05/14/21)
The water distribution system in Jackson will go through a "flushing" process beginning next week and continuing for the next couple of months. Jackson public works director Kent Peetz said the process is part of an annual program to remove any mineral sediment that may have built up in water distribution lines, improve water quality and maintain valves and hydrants in the system...
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City of Cape Girardeau releases its 2021 'endangered' building list
(Local News ~ 05/14/21)
The Art Building of Southeast Missouri State University is one of the oldest extant structures on Southeast's main campus. Built in 1902 and opened in 1903, it is older than Southeast's Academic Hall, the administrative center of the university, and has been closed since August 2019 with no current plan for renovation...
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Cape Girardeau School District to begin after-school program
(Local News ~ 05/14/21)
For the first time, Cape Girardeau School District will launch an after-school care program for its elementary schools. The program is open for registration now. Teacher Amy Dunn began plans for Cub Club two years ago. During her 18 years as a third-grade teacher, she repeatedly heard parents question why Cape Girardeau School District did not have an after-school program. The Jackson School District has offered after-school care options for years...
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Cape Girardeau Regional Airport hopes to keep current EAS provider
(Local News ~ 05/14/21)
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has set a May 19 deadline for air carriers to bid on Essential Air Service (EAS) at eligible U.S. airports. Katrina Amos, manager of the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, has been quite pleased by the service Utah-based SkyWest Airlines has provided as the local EAS carrier for nearly four years...
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Broken beam on Miss. bridge could disrupt U.S. economy
(Local News ~ 05/14/21)
Though a routine inspection of Hernando de Soto Bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee, averted a possible disaster, the situation could potentially wreak havoc economically. Inspectors on Tuesday discovered one of the bridge's beams had fractured. Officials with the Arkansas and Tennessee transportation departments, which jointly manage the bridge, described the beam as structurally important...
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Enjoy live music, food trucks at Downtown Day Out event May 22
(Local News ~ 05/14/21)
Find live music, poetry readings, food trucks and more at Flourish Magazine's Downtown Day Out on May 22 in downtown Cape Girardeau. The Flourish staff wanted to host an event showcasing Cape Girardeau's community and uniqueness, according to event planner Jamie Phillips...
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SoutheastHEALTH announces major multiphase expansion
(Local News ~ 05/14/21)
Calling it the largest expansion project in its nearly 100-year history, SoutheastHEALTH announced plans Thursday for additional growth on its west campus between South Mount Auburn Road and Silver Springs Road in Cape Girardeau. The multiphase expansion will include a 70,000-square-foot, $75 million building on the east side of South Mount Auburn Road south of Highway 74 that will be home to an orthopedics and sports medicine center along with a women's integrated health services facility...
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Interstate crash backs up traffic
(Local News ~ 05/14/21)
A vehicular crash on Interstate 55 near the 98 mile marker near Cape Girardeau snarled northbound traffic Friday afternoon. The crash occurred about 5 p.m.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/14/21)
Today in History Today is Friday, May 14, the 134th day of 2021. There are 231 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14, 1955, representatives from eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland. (The Pact was dissolved in 1991.)...
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Prayer 5/14/21
(Prayer ~ 05/14/21)
O Lord God, we praise you because we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Amen.
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Sponsored: Before undergoing the knife, consider an interdisciplinary approach with PC Medical Centers
(B Magazine ~ 05/14/21)
A life free of pain — that’s what patients with the following problems seek: Back pain and degeneration, shoulder pain and degeneration, knee pain and degeneration, sciatica, peripheral neuropathy, arthritis, hip pain and degeneration, neck pain and degeneration, headaches and plantar fasciitis...
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Speak Out 5/14/21
(Speak Out ~ 05/14/21)
How can one person screw up everything in this country in less than six months? Before Biden, gas prices were lower and stable, the Middle East was stable and Israel had treaties with several Muslim countries. The southern border was secure, North Korea stopped threatening the world with a nuclear bomb, China and Russia respected military strength. ...
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Uncle Sam's lack of leadership on debt cannot be ignored
(Column ~ 05/14/21)
I’m always amazed to hear people say the national debt doesn’t matter because interest rates are low. Yet, it’s a common refrain on the left and sometimes on the right. The next step in that line of thinking is that if accumulating debt is so cheap, we shouldn’t think twice about spending more today without offsetting it with additional taxes or spending cuts. That’s wrong...
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A few words of wisdom for the class of 2021
(Editorial ~ 05/14/21)
Graduation season has begun in Southeast Missouri with many students — high school and college — set to walk across the platform this weekend. Chaffee High School held its ceremony Thursday evening. Notre Dame, Saxony Lutheran and Scott City are all scheduled for Sunday. Jackson will hold its commencement May 21, with Cape Central set for May 23...
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Morning shows extend the day to cope with viewer erosion
(Entertainment ~ 05/14/21)
NEW YORK -- A recent job promotion came with what seems to be a counterintuitive mandate for NBC News senior vice president Libby Leist: Drum up interest in the "Today" show anytime other than the mornings. It's a survival strategy for "Today," which celebrates the 70th anniversary of its first broadcast in January. Along with ABC's "Good Morning America" and "CBS This Morning," the pandemic has been rough on the traditional morning shows...
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Israel threatens Gaza ground invasion despite truce efforts
(International News ~ 05/14/21)
JERUSALEM -- Israel on Thursday said it was massing troops along the Gaza frontier and calling up 9,000 reservists ahead of a possible ground invasion of the Hamas-ruled territory, as the two bitter enemies plunged closer to all-out war. Egyptian mediators rushed to Israel for cease-fire efforts but showed no signs of progress...
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Justices consider hearing a case on 'most offensive word'
(National News ~ 05/14/21)
WASHINGTON -- Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses called him and other Black employees "boy." Management ignored two large swastikas painted on a storage room wall. And for six months, he regularly rode an elevator with the N-word carved into a wall...
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Officials: Tiny uptick in 2020 military sex assault reports
(National News ~ 05/14/21)
WASHINGTON -- Reports of sexual assaults among the U.S. military increased by a very small amount in 2020, a year when troops were largely locked down for months as bases around the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Pentagon...
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Pipeline hack fuels gas crunch; U.S. suspects Russian origins
(National News ~ 05/14/21)
CLEMMONS, N.C. -- Motorists found gas pumps shrouded in plastic bags at tapped-out service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states Thursday while the operator of the nation's largest gasoline pipeline reported making "substantial progress" in resolving the computer hack-induced shutdown responsible for the empty tanks...
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CDC: Vaccinated can largely ditch face masks
(National News ~ 05/14/21)
WASHINGTON -- In a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people Thursday, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings...
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Safeguards for Missouri boarding schools passed by Legislature
(State News ~ 05/14/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri would gain greater oversight of unlicensed residential care facilities for children under legislation that won final approval Thursday following allegations of long-running abuse at some boarding schools. The legislation, which now goes to Gov. ...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/14/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/14/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 12 n Medial assists were made at 1:03 a.m. on Percy Drive; 9:59 a.m. on Lynwood Hills Drive; 12:44 p.m. on Lexington Avenue; 6:25 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; 7:25 p.m. on North Middle Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/14/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/14/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported in the 100 block of South Henderson Avenue. n Assault was reported in the 1100 block of South Sprigg Street. Miscellaneous n Disorderly conduct was reported in the 2700 block of Lynwood Hills Drive...
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Charles Urhahn
(Obituary ~ 05/14/21)
ORAN, Mo. -- Charles Urhahn, son of the late Mike and Caroline Vogel Urhahn, was born Jan. 2, 1938, in Chaffee, Missouri, and departed this life Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at his home in Oran at the age of 83 years. On Aug. 27, 1960, he married the love of his life, Kay Francis Scheeter, in Oran. She survives of the home...
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Michael Ross
(Obituary ~ 05/14/21)
FOLEY, Ala. -- Gregory Michael Ross, 61, passed away Friday, May 7, 2021, in Foley. Known by most as Michael Ross, he was born and raised in Jackson and retired and lived in Gulf Shores, Alabama, most recently. He was a proud member of the New Life in Christ Church in Foley. ...
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Charles Gudermuth
(Obituary ~ 05/14/21)
Charles Albert Gudermuth, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 9, 2021, at his home. Per his wishes there will be no services. Arrangements were under the care of Liley Cremation Services in Cape Girardeau.
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Out of the past: May 14
(Out of the Past ~ 05/14/21)
Bob White, chairman of the landmark committee of the Cape Girardeau Historical Preservation Committee, yesterday presented Judith Crow a plaque to designate her home at 323 Themis St., a local landmark; nine other structures were also named: the Briney House, 25 N. ...
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CFO honors John Ryan for board member excellence
(Submitted Story ~ 05/14/21)
John Ryan, treasurer of the Cape Area Community Foundation, received a Board Member Award of Excellence from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. Ryan, an attorney with Spencer Fane, was one of five board leaders within the CFO’s network of regional affiliate foundations honored during a virtual affiliate meeting on May 13. Typically announced at an annual conference in the fall, the awards were postponed due to the pandemic...
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